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Old 05-17-2019, 02:52 PM   #41
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Sam, dear God, everyone knows you tried your best. I just don't think he's gonna catch on. I simply am almost at a loss for words…..(no, not really)
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Old 05-17-2019, 03:20 PM   #42
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Sam, dear God, everyone knows you tried your best. I just don't think he's gonna catch on. I simply am almost at a loss for words…..(no, not really)



Haaa!! That ought to be my line.....!!
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Old 05-22-2019, 09:28 AM   #43
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I educated that one buyer a lot, and sold to another that showed up with a Diesel F-250 and paid nearly my full asking price

Next week we are scheduled to check out an Open Range 328BHS and if that doesn't blow our minds will get a GD Reflection 312BHTS.
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Old 05-26-2019, 06:21 PM   #44
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Wife loved the layout on the OT328BHS, we both love the GD quality and craftsmanship. The only compromise to keep us all happy is to go to a 5er that has the bunkhouse with 1/2 bath made by GD So today I went to 3 dealerships to check out DRWs and get trade-in appraisals on my 2500HD. Looking at a Reflection 311BHS now. Just a small (~$16k loss between truck and trailer) adjustment to our setup.......! I guess that is "taking a bath"

What would you all expect my truck to be worth roughly? 3400 miles, pristine shape. Dealers in the area list 3500s around $60k so I would be surprised if I could get $58k in a private sale - the 2 dealers got up to $56.5k and CarMax offered $56k.
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Old 05-27-2019, 09:08 AM   #45
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Wife loved the layout on the OT328BHS, we both love the GD quality and craftsmanship. The only compromise to keep us all happy is to go to a 5er that has the bunkhouse with 1/2 bath made by GD So today I went to 3 dealerships to check out DRWs and get trade-in appraisals on my 2500HD. Looking at a Reflection 311BHS now. Just a small (~$16k loss between truck and trailer) adjustment to our setup.......! I guess that is "taking a bath"

What would you all expect my truck to be worth roughly? 3400 miles, pristine shape. Dealers in the area list 3500s around $60k so I would be surprised if I could get $58k in a private sale - the 2 dealers got up to $56.5k and CarMax offered $56k.
Your comment that I changed to red is "one half of an unknown equation"... What I mean by that is this: It really doesn't matter what the dealer (or CarMax) offer you for trade. It's also important what they charge you for the new truck. Without knowing the cost to buy the new one, the trade in price is irrelevant. Let's look at it two ways:

They offer you $56.5 for your truck and sell you the new one for $70. Your added cost= $13.5

They offer you $51.5 for your truck and sell you the new one for $65. Your added cost= $13.5

If the CarMax deal is "outright purchase of your vehicle with no purchase of another vehicle" then you're looking at apples but nothing to compare it to.

In many states, trade in value can be deducted on sales tax, other states, you can't do that. So, selling outright may cost money compared to trading for the same value. It's much more complicated than just, "How much is my trade going to bring"....

So, unless "the rest of the "cost burden" is included, just looking at the trade in is similar to solving the equation: X=

Unless you know Y, you can't solve for X......
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Old 05-27-2019, 01:11 PM   #46
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CarMax was an outright "they buy the truck" price. Dealerships had a 66k sale price, would have been 3k lower but I didn't want their high interest loan, opted for the 0% offer instead. Cheaper overall this way and no rush to pay down loan.

The biggest win on all of this though to me (financially) is I am essentially refinancing the large remaining balance on my original truck from 7% to 0%. I was going to pay off the loan in 2 weeks with a large cash outlay just to avoid further interest, now I can keep that in the bank and enjoy those interest free loan payments monthly.
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Old 05-27-2019, 04:37 PM   #47
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Next week we are driving 1,800 miles round trip for our new trailer. That's reasonable, right? We wanted one without iN-Command which meant finding a left over 2018. We also insist on the theater seating and free standing table and chairs. The only one available happens to be 900 miles from us.
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Old 05-27-2019, 06:28 PM   #48
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You are more flexible than me Biggest challenge for us would be, we already sold the old trailer, so we would have to stay in a hotel driving there which is a huge bummer after having the comforts of a trailer!
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